Parents that want to raise their children in a clean, wholesome environment
should applaud the efforts of the PTC. The boundries of decency have been
crossed far too often; action must be taken.

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/92006e.asp

(AgapePress) - The Federal Communications Commission issued two rulings this
week that are troubling pro-family advocates. The FCC determined that a
profane word aired during a live television news interview does not
constitute indecency, even though the same word would be considered indecent
if broadcast during an entertainment program.

"That can mean Oprah Winfrey, that could mean The Tonight Show -- anything
that could be remotely construed as news is conceivably open season now,"
Isett says.

Parents that want to raise their children in a clean, wholesome environment
should applaud the efforts of the PTC. The boundries of decency have been
crossed far too often; action must be taken.

Parents that want to raise their children in a clean, wholesome
environment should applaud the efforts of the PTC. The boundries of
decency have been crossed far too often; action must be taken.

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(AgapePress) - The Federal Communications Commission issued two rulings
this week that are troubling pro-family advocates. The FCC determined that
a profane word aired during a live television news interview does not
constitute indecency, even though the same word would be considered
indecent if broadcast during an entertainment program.<snip>

However, Isett notes that the PTC has copies of 98 complaints filed by
citizens from 28 different states in 2003. He says the pro-family media
watchdog group has submitted copies of those complaints to the FCC.

Parents that want to raise their children in a clean, wholesome environment
should applaud the efforts of the PTC. The boundries of decency have been
crossed far too often; action must be taken.

Parents that want to raise their children in a clean, wholesome environme=

should applaud the efforts of the PTC.

crossed far too often;

action must be taken.

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/92006e.asp







(AgapePress) - The Federal Communications Commission issued two rulings t=

week that are troubling pro-family advocates. The FCC determined that a
profane word aired during a live television news interview does not
constitute indecency, even though the same word would be considered indec=

if broadcast during an entertainment program.

Dan Isett with the Parents Television Council (PTC) says the federal
commissioners' inconsistency is disturbing. "They make the case, first, t=

they're not creating a so-called news exemptions to indecency regulation,
and then [they] line out exactly how they're creating a news exemption for
indecency regulation," he says.

Isett is chiding the commissioners for claiming not to create a such an
exemption but, in the same breath, laying out the parameters under which
profanity would not be subject to FCC scrutiny if uttered during a news
presentation. And what makes the ruling even worse, he notes, is that it
would allow network executives to determine which broadcasts constitute b=

fide news programs.

"That can mean Oprah Winfrey, that could mean The Tonight Show -- anything
that could be remotely construed as news is conceivably open season now,"
Isett says. He is convinced there is little hope that broadcasters will
refrain from abusing the newly created "news exemption."

Unfortunately, the PTC spokesman points out, broadcasters all too often h=

not acted in good faith when it comes to issues of media indecency. "And =

it's reasonable to assume that many broadcasters will attempt to push the
envelope here," he says.

The PTC is also protesting an FCC decision not to find broadcasts of the
police drama NYPD Blue indecent on procedural grounds. The commission cla=

there was only one complaint filed against the show in 2003, and that
complaint was erroneous.

However, Isett notes that the PTC has copies of 98 complaints filed by
citizens from 28 different states in 2003. He says the pro-family media
watchdog group has submitted copies of those complaints to the FCC.











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(AgapePress) - The Federal Communications Commission issued two rulings this
week that are troubling pro-family advocates. The FCC determined that a
profane word aired during a live television news interview does not
constitute indecency, even though the same word would be considered indecent
if broadcast during an entertainment program.

Parents that want to raise their children in a clean, wholesome environment